The JGLPA is omnibus legislation giving effect to certain initiatives contained in the federal Budget 2012. Sections 434 to 439 amend the Canada Labour Code (“Code”) to, among other things:

require every federal employer that provides benefits under a long-term disability plan to its employees to insure the plan, on a go-forward basis, with an entity that is licensed to provide insurance under the laws of a province, subject to any prescribed exceptions; and

increase the maximum fines for violations of the minimum standards established under Part III (Standard Hours, Wages, Vacations and Holidays) of the Code.